Callmestar
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I've had high cholesterol for several years and no matter what I do I can't seem to get it down to normal levels. My total cholesterol ranges from 8.1 mmol/L to 6.5mmol/L for the past 4 years or so. I tried going on to thyroid medication for around 6 months under the suspicion I may be slightly hypo and the advice of this forum with my TSH being around 3 at the time of starting. I had cholesterol checked after being on thyroid meds for 4 or 5 months and the cholesterol remained the same. I was eating more while on thyroid so perhaps any reduction in cholesterol from increased thyroid may have been cancelled out by an increase in calories. My main reason for going on to thyroid was actually for other health reasons in terms of generally feeling unwell, fatigued and dehydrated but it didn't seem to help that either, so I eventually tapered off thyroid. I then went back to what had been my normal routine of intermittent fasting and eating two meals a day. Again after months of this my cholesterol has still barely moved and that's with my calories being very low.
I'm 5'9, weigh 80kg, so you could say a little overweight, but I carry a quite a bit of muscle. I have a very skinny face and people think I'm slim, but body wise I carry decent muscle and have a little layer of fat on my midsection. I recently had another TSH blood test and it was 8.6 and I do feel like I'm slightly hypo so I've just started cynoplus again. My appetite has gone through the roof and my body is telling me to eat, so that's what I'm doing but I feel like I'm in a trap with the cholesterol and if I start taking in lots more food, it's only going to increase the cholesterol again.
I exercise about 3 times a week. Usually with weights but I'm somewhat limited due to fatigue (my doctors now think it's M.E. / chronic fatigues syndrome) and any intense cardio type exercise currently wipes me out/makes me unwell.
My triglycerides always seem to be in normal range but the rest doesn't look good. Should this be a major concern? What could be going on and what can I do about it?
Recent bloods results:
Serum lipid levels
Serum cholesterol level 6.5 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.1 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 5.9
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 5.4 mmol/L
Serum lipid levels
Serum cholesterol level; 7.1 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level: 1.2 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio: 5.9
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level: 5.9 mmol/L
Serum Cholesterol level: 8.1 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level: 1.1 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio: 7.4
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level: 7.0 mmol/L
Serum LDL cholesterol level: 6.3 mmol/L
Serum triglyceride levels: 1.6 mmol/L [0.6 - 1.9]
I'm 5'9, weigh 80kg, so you could say a little overweight, but I carry a quite a bit of muscle. I have a very skinny face and people think I'm slim, but body wise I carry decent muscle and have a little layer of fat on my midsection. I recently had another TSH blood test and it was 8.6 and I do feel like I'm slightly hypo so I've just started cynoplus again. My appetite has gone through the roof and my body is telling me to eat, so that's what I'm doing but I feel like I'm in a trap with the cholesterol and if I start taking in lots more food, it's only going to increase the cholesterol again.
I exercise about 3 times a week. Usually with weights but I'm somewhat limited due to fatigue (my doctors now think it's M.E. / chronic fatigues syndrome) and any intense cardio type exercise currently wipes me out/makes me unwell.
My triglycerides always seem to be in normal range but the rest doesn't look good. Should this be a major concern? What could be going on and what can I do about it?
Recent bloods results:
Serum lipid levels
Serum cholesterol level 6.5 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.1 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 5.9
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 5.4 mmol/L
Serum lipid levels
Serum cholesterol level; 7.1 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level: 1.2 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio: 5.9
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level: 5.9 mmol/L
Serum Cholesterol level: 8.1 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level: 1.1 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio: 7.4
Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level: 7.0 mmol/L
Serum LDL cholesterol level: 6.3 mmol/L
Serum triglyceride levels: 1.6 mmol/L [0.6 - 1.9]